1. Why does development vary among genders?

2. What is Gender?
"Sex" refers to the biological and physiological characteristics that define men and women.
"Gender" refers to the socially constructed roles, behaviors, activities, and attributes that a given society considers appropriate for men and women. 
*This doesn’t have anything to do with the conversation of sexuality, gender identity, or gender expression… That’s another topic

3. Sex Ratio

4. Case Study – Missing Girls
Missing Girls Documentary

5. The Role of Women
Different societies and different cultures have developed, over time, very specific gender roles.
Gendered Spaces are areas in which particular genders of people, and particular types of gender expression, are considered welcome or appropriate, and other types are unwelcome or inappropriate.
The Public-Private Divide

6. The Public-Private Divide
This may be reinforced explicitly through legal means.
Yemen- A women is half a witness in trials
Saudi Arabia – Women will vote for the first time this year
Yemen- Women most receive husbands permission to leave the home
This may be completely informal or socially mandated
“Women in the kitchen” Jokes
104 of the 535 Congressional seats are held by women
More than 100 for the first time ever

7. Rank
Economy
Score 1
Iceland
0.8594 2
Finland
0.8453 3
Norway
0.8374 4
Sweden
0.8165 5
Denmark
0.8025 6
Nicaragua
0.7894 7
Rwanda*
0.7854 8
Ireland
0.7850 9
Philippines
0.7814 10
Belgium
0.7809 11
Switzerland
0.7798 12
Germany
0.7780 13
New Zealand
0.7772 14
Netherlands
0.7730 15
Latvia
0.7691 16
France
0.7588 17
Burundi
0.7565 18
South Africa
0.7527 19
Canada
0.7464 20
United States
0.7463
Gender Gap Index
The report examines four critical areas of inequality between men and women.
Economic participation and opportunity – outcomes on salaries, participation levels and access to high- skilled employment
Educational attainment – outcomes on access to basic and higher level education
Political empowerment – outcomes on representation in decision-making structures
Health and survival – outcomes on life expectancy and sex ratio. In this case parity is not assumed, there are assumed to be less female births than male (944 female for every 1,000 males), and men are assumed to die younger. Provided that women live at least six percent longer than men parity is assumed, if it is less than six percent it counts as a gender gap.
World Economic Forum

9. UK – Case Study

10. GII
UN created the Gender Inequality Index (GII) that is based on multiple metrics.
Empowerment
Defined: Ability of women to achieve improvements in status.
Percentage of seats held by women in the national legislature.
Percentage of women who have completed high school.
Labor Force
Female labor force participation rate defined as percentage of women holding full-time jobs outside the home.
Highest in developed countries.
Reproductive Health
Maternal mortality ratio
Adolescent fertility rate

12. Empowerment
Defined: Ability of women to achieve improvements in status.
Percentage of seats held by women in the national legislature.
Percentage of women who have completed high school.

13. Labor Force
Female labor force participation rate defined as percentage of women holding full-time jobs outside the home.
Highest in developed countries

14. Reproductive Health
Maternal mortality ratio
Adolescent fertility rate

15. Some places are improving…
UN asserts gender inequality has declined in nearly every country since the 1990s.
Greatest improvements in Southwest Asia and North Africa.
U.S. is one of few developed countries where the GII has increased.
Reproductive rights much lower in U.S. compared to other very high HDI countries.
Percentage of women in the national legislature is relatively lower than other high HDI countries.

16. UN Women’s Goodwill Ambassador

17. Respond to the question in paragraph form…
Collect statistics, anecdotes, and evidence to utilize in answering the question below… That means TAKE NOTES
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